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Richard "Dick" David Howard Vance 1792–1850 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1792

Birth Location: Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1850

Death Location: Breeden, Logan, Logan, West Virginia, USA

Father: Reverend Sr

Mother: Susannah Cherokee

Spouse(s): Mary Vance

Children(s): Meekin Calvary], Washington Vance, Richard Vance, John Vance, Lucinda Vance, McKinley Vance, Nancy Vance, Paris Vance, Emmaline Vance, Mary Vance, Lewis Vance, John Vance, Paris Vance

The story of Richard "Dick" David Howard Vance began in 1792 in Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA. Richard "Dick" David Howard Vance married Mary Polly Ann Roberts Sims Vance, Nancy Burnsides, and had children including Emmaline Emma Sims Vance, John Clay Vance, John Wesley Vance, Lewis G Vance, Lucinda Vance, Mary Polly Ann Sims Vance, Mckinley Vance, Meekin Sims Vance Civil War Confederate Veteran 34Th Virginia Calvary, Nancy Nannie Sims Vance, Paris J Simms Vance, Paris Smith Vance, Richard Austin Vance, Washington Anderson Sims Vance. Richard "Dick" David Howard Vance passed away in 1850 in Breeden, Logan, Logan, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Richard "Dick" David Howard Vance began in 1792 in Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA.
  • Richard "Dick" David Howard Vance married Mary Polly Ann Roberts Sims Vance, Nancy Burnsides, and had children including Emmaline Emma Sims Vance, John Clay Vance, John Wesley Vance, Lewis G Vance, Lucinda Vance, Mary Polly Ann Sims Vance, Mckinley Vance, Meekin Sims Vance Civil War Confederate Veteran 34Th Virginia Calvary, Nancy Nannie Sims Vance, Paris J Simms Vance, Paris Smith Vance, Richard Austin Vance, Washington Anderson Sims Vance.
  • Richard "Dick" David Howard Vance passed away in 1850 in Breeden, Logan, Logan, West Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Reverend Sr
1760–1819
Birth Location: Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
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Susannah Cherokee
1767–1860
Birth Location: Rowan, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Vance
1792–1860
Birth Location: Twelve Pole Creek, Big Creek, Rich Creek, Magnolia, Logan, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Meekin Calvary]
1819–1880
Birth Location: Vance Bottom, Abington, Russell, Washington, Virginia
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Washington Vance
1821–1870
Birth Location: Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA
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Richard Vance
1817–1886
Birth Location: Dry Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky, USA
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John Vance
1818–1896
Birth Location: Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
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Lucinda Vance
1840–
Birth Location: Tazewell County, Virginia, USA
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McKinley Vance
1819–1880
Birth Location: –
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Nancy Vance
1824–1910
Birth Location: Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA
NV
Paris Vance
1825–1880
Birth Location: Logan, West Virginia, United States
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Emmaline Vance
1827–1853
Birth Location: Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA
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Mary Vance
1823–1905
Birth Location: Breeding, Logan, West Virginia, Lincoln, Russell, Virginia, USA
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Lewis Vance
1839–
Birth Location: Logan, Logan, West Virginia, United States
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John Vance
1840–1910
Birth Location: Lincoln, West Virginia, United States
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Paris Vance
1817–1847
Birth Location: Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA
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Richard Vance's Ancestors

Self
Richard Vance
1792–1850
Birth Place: Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA
Parents
Reverend Abner Vance Sr
1760–1819
Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA
Susannah (Susie Howard Vance) Cherokee
1767–1860
Rowan, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Ephraim Vance
1718–1760
Isle of Wight, Russell County, Virginia (later Washington County, West Virginia)
Theodosia (Hawlings) Vance
1715–1760
Wrightstown, Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Abraham Howard
1726–1782
Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States
Jane (Allen) Howard
1729–1805
North Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Esq
1681–1757
Dorothy Heulings
1692–1758
2nd-Great-Grandparents
EN GGF
1657–1713
Dorothy Eves
1661–1694
NJ ggf
1663–1728
Anna Roberts
1659–1699

Richard Vance's Descendants

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Richard ("Dick" David Howard) Vance (1792–1850) m. Mary ("Polly" Ann Roberts Sims) Vance (1792–1860)
  1. 1. Meekin (Sims Vance [Civil War Confederate Veteran - 34th Virginia) Calvary] 1819–1880
  2. 2. Washington (Anderson Sims) Vance 1821–1870
  3. 3. Richard (Austin) Vance 1817–1886
  4. 4. John (Clay) Vance 1818–1896
  5. 5. Lucinda Vance 1840–
  6. 6. McKinley Vance 1819–1880 m. Phoebe (Workman) Vance 1822–1880
    1. 1. Meekin Vance 1846–1929
  7. 7. Nancy ("Nannie" Sims) Vance 1824–1910
  8. 8. Paris (Smith) Vance 1825–1880
  9. 9. Emmaline ("Emma" Sims) Vance 1827–1853
  10. 10. Mary ("Polly" Ann Sims) Vance 1823–1905
  11. 11. Lewis (G) Vance 1839–
  12. 12. John (Wesley) Vance 1840–1910
  13. 13. Paris (J Simms) Vance 1817–1847

Richard Vance's Timeline

2 Records

1792
1792
Birth of Richard "Dick" David Howard Vance in Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA
Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA
1850
1850
Age 58
Death of Richard "Dick" David Howard Vance in Breeden, Logan, Logan, West Virginia, USA
Breeden, Logan, Logan, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1792
    Event Place: Vance Bottom, Abingdon, Russell, Washington, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Not known
    Record Source: Findagrave, Richard D Vance 1850

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1850
    Event Place: Breeden, Logan, Logan, West Virginia, USA
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